Culture of samoa history, people, clothing, traditions. Where we once belonged by sia figiel, sons for the return home by albert wendt, freelove by sia figiel, telesa. Based on the rich history and mythology of the samoan islands, shaffer created an epic saga spanning 3000 years, samoa. Tatau is a beautifully designed and richly illustrated retelling of the unique and powerful history of samoan tattooing, from 3,000 years ago to modern practices. Journal of samoan studies centre for samoan studies.
Leading causes of death are heart disease, cancer, and cerebrovascular disease. Samoa history, language and culture world travel guide. Samoas early and more current history is strongly connected with the histories of tonga and fiji, which are in the same region, and with whom it shares historical, genealogical, and cultural traditions. Robert shaffer began his research on samoa as a peace corps volunteer. Samoa s earliest arrivals lived for thousands of years before the first official contact. Even more than their american samoan neighbours, samoans adhere to traditional moral and religious codes of behaviour. The following discussion focuses on samoa since european contact. The language is a cherished symbol of cultural identity. The journal of samoan studies jss is a multidisciplinary publication devoted to the study of samoa. Read this book and over 1 million others with a kindle unlimited membership.
Culture of american samoa history, people, clothing. American samoa includes the inhabited islands of tutuila, tau, olosega, ofu. History of samoa, settlement of samoans, culture and tradition, introduction to the history of samoa. Congregational church, roman catholic, methodist, latter day saints, seventh day adventist and other, mainly christian, beliefs. A hospital on tutuila provides medical, surgical, obstetric, pediatric. Find out more in the book samos history, culture and tourism. Books to read samoa blog pacific island holiday guide. Books about samoa or set in samoa nonfiction and fiction welcome. Visit samoa culture centre pacific island traditions. Samoan islands history, polynesia history, books barnes. We are also originally certified promoting our samoan subsistance way of life and full access to everyone who comes to enjoy our hospitality and a beautiful environment in our village. An extraordinary, scholarly and richly illustrated work that traces samoan.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The territory, which is part of polynesia, includes the six samoan islands east of the 171 w meridian. Ancient origins articles related to samoan in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths and legends. From the earliest inhabitants thousands of years ago whose culture continues to shape samoan life today, to the europeans who brought with them the christian church, there are many layers to this pacific paradise. Micah explains what it is to be an ethnographer as he. Little kiddy samoan rhymes for kids, literacy activities, learning resources, cultural. The paperback of the samoa history, culture and tourism.
Samoan is the language of instruction in elementary schools and is used alongside english in secondary and tertiary education, government, commerce, religion, and the broadcast media. Learn about the rich history, language and culture in samoa. In passionate pursuit of details, he interviewed hundreds of samoans, absorbing and understanding their culture. Samoa formerly western samoa, its closest neighbour and a selfgoverning country, consists of the nine samoan islands west of the meridian. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. Polynesian foodpolynesian culturepapua nova guinesamoan foodchef cookbookcookbook ideastv chefs. The samoan islands were first settled some 3,500 years ago as part of the austronesian expansion. Vos207 full episode studying samoan culture youtube. American samoa is a relatively healthy place, but hypertension and obesity are significant health problems in the population.